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Smita Iyengar reviews Uppal’s Orchid

Only fifteen minutes from the Indira Gandhi International Airport on National Highway No.8, Uppal's Orchid, New Delhi's spanking new Ecotel stands out distinctly as a blue-blooded business address with liberal shades of green. The hotel combines the contemporary corporate business quintessence with top-end amenities and features within 10.5 acres of landscaped surroundings that exemplify the ecological accent of environmentally sensitive hotels worldwide. Incorporating the eco-sensitive mantra of managing natural attributes and commitment to the environment reducing, reusing and recycling resources, this Jaipur-pink stone-textured property has achieved five Globe Ecotel certification by HVS Eco Services and is built on the principles and guidelines of its archetype The Orchid in Mumbai. Uppal's Orchid boasts of generous banqueting and conferencing facilities, The Regal Room being one of the biggest banqueting areas in Delhi and ‘Discussions’ the four meeting rooms in the business centre, equipped with internet services, tele-conferencing and state-of-the-art business presentation features. The 84 rooms and two suites have plush creature comforts with dataport connections, electronically calibrated ‘Green Button’ airconditioning control, mini bars, compact fluorescent lamps, aerators for restricted water control, and some heart-warming views into well tended gardens, a nine-hole golf putting green, the largest swimming pool in Delhi with a pool bar and easy walking pathways. The property's food and beverage excellence is reflected in their outlets - ‘Bonitos’ the 24-hour world cuisine restaurant with Spanish decor, ‘Chef and I’ a novel Oriental interactive fine-dining restaurant that has no waiters but chefs directly offering their finest specialities from a display kitchen and ‘Ralph’s’ the swanky wood-and-neon wine bar. Their unique ‘Shower Suite’ is designed for the flash-in-a-dash executive hard pressed for time, with freshening up facilities for one-day occupation. On the recreational front, Uppal’s Orchid has a well equipped health club and spacious lawns for outdoor functions and events. However, the public areas around the gourmet outlets and the corridors seem a bit tightly constructed in contrast to the open expanse all around. Service, attention to detail and proximity to both airports make Uppal's Orchid among the best-business-hotel-options for corporate jet setters.

UPPAL’S ORCHID
National Highway 8, Near Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi - 37
Tel: (011) 51511515, Fax: 51511516, Email: sam@uppalsorchidhotel.com
Tariff: Rs 8,500 or US$ 235 onwards depending on room category